Koobi Fora, area 105 below KBS Tuff (Pleistocene of Kenya)
Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.9° N, 36.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• 20 meters below KBS tuff
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. A. Meylan, B.S. Weig, and R. Wood. 1990. Fossil soft-shelled turtles of the Lake Turkana Basin,Africa. Copeia 1:508-528 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185324: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 18.04.2017
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Taxonomic list
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Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Cyclanorbis senegalensis Dumeril and Bibron 1835 softshell turtle | |